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This project is part of the State of Mississippi Portal. ==About the Project=Please use this project to add, research, document, and discuss your ancestors from Mississippi. You can add profiles for:* People born in Mississippi* People who lived in Mississippi* People who died in MississippiWhen you find helpful resources for research, please share them here so that others can benefit.If you ha...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Wayne County, Mississippi. One of Mississippi's first counties, Wayne County was founded in 1809 and was named for US Army general Anthony Wayne. It is located along the Alabama border in southeastern Mississippi. Adjacent Counties Clarke County Choctaw County, Alabama Jasper County Jones County Perry County Greene C...
The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, also called the Battle of Walnut Hills , fought December 26–29, 1862, was the opening engagement of the Vicksburg Campaign during the American Civil War . Confederate forces under Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton repulsed an advance by Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman that was intended to lead to the capture of Vicksburg, Mississippi . On December 26, three Union div...
This project is about the Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Siege of Vicksburg (May 18 – July 4, 1863) was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. In a series of maneuvers, Union Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate Army of Vicksburg led by Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton into the ...
There were three organizations known as the Army of Mississippi in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. (This name is contrasted against Army of the Mississippi , which was a Union Army named for the Mississippi River, not the state of Mississippi.) Army of Mississippi (March 1862) This army, at times known by the names Army of the West or Army of the Mississippi (the la...
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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Adams County, Mississippi. Official Website Adams County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi . As of the 2010 census, the population was 32,297. The county seat is Natchez. The county is the first to have been organized in the former Mississippi Territory. It is named for the second president pf the United States, ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Claiborne County, Mississippi. The county had been settled by French, Spanish, and English colonists, and American pioneers as part of the Natchez District; organized in 1802, it was the fourth county in the Mississippi Territory. European-American settlers did not develop the area for cotton plantations until after Indian Removal in...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson County, Mississippi. Official Website Founded in 1799, the county was named for U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. Adjacent Counties & Parishes Claiborne County Copiah County Lincoln County Franklin County Adams County Tensas Parish Cities, Towns & Communities Ashland Cannonsburg
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Newton County, Mississippi. Official Website Newton County was formed in 1836 and named after scientist Isaac Newton. The Battle of Newton's Station was fought in the county on April 24, 1863 during Grierson's Raid of the American Civil War. In February 1864, General William Tecumseh Sherman crossed the county, burning the county ...
Primarily for early colonists of French and Spanish Louisiana and British and Spanish West Florida who have descendants throughout the Gulf Coast.One goal is to develop standardized surname spellings to allow for easier matching and merging in Geni.Includes people mentioned in Winston De Ville's "Gulf Coast Colonials," Stanley Clisby Arthur's "Old Families of Louisiana," Grace King's "Creole Fa...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Montgomery County, Mississippi. Official Website The county was founded in 1871. It is said to be named in honor either of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 while attempting to capture Quebec City, Canada, or for Montgomery County, Tennessee, from which an early settler came. In the latter case...
The siege of Corinth (also known as the first Battle of Corinth) was an American Civil War engagement lasting from April 29 to May 30, 1862, in Corinth, Mississippi. A collection of Union forces under the overall command of Major General Henry Halleck engaged in a month-long siege of the city, whose Confederate occupants were commanded by General P.G.T. Beauregard. The siege resulted in the cap...
Please add profiles of people who were born, lived or died in Franklin County, Mississippi. The county was formed on December 21, 1809 and named for Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. This was the fourth county organized in Mississippi. It was initially developed for agriculture, specifically cotton plantations. Cotton continued to be important to the economy through the 19th century and into ...
Greenwood Cemetery Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA:
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hinds County, Mississippi. Official Website The county is named for General Thomas Hinds, a hero of the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. Adjacent Counties Copiah County Claiborne County Warren County Madison County Rankin County Yazoo County Cities, Towns & Communities
This project is for those that were born,lived, and died in Harrison County, Mississippi. Official Website In 1699 French colonists formed the first, permanent, European settlement in French Louisiana, at Fort Maurepas, now in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, and referred to as "Old Biloxi". They were under the direction of Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville. La Louisiane was separated from Spanish Flori...
Wikipedia The University of Mississippi (colloquially known as Ole Miss) is a public, coeducational research university in Oxford, Mississippi, United States. Founded in 1848, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in Booneville, Grenada, Tupelo, and Southaven, as well as the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. It also operates the U...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Official Website The county was created December 23, 1833 from the Choctaw Cession. It was named for Colonel James Lauderdale, who was killed at the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812. Adjacent Counties Kemper County Sumter County, Alabama Choctaw County, Alabama Clarke County New...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in the city of Jackson, Mississippi. Official Website History The region that is now the city of Jackson was historically part of the large territory occupied by the Choctaw Nation, the historic culture of the Muskogean-speaking indigenous peoples who had inhabited the area for thousands of years before European colonization. The Cho...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Marshall County, Mississippi. Official Website Founded in 1836, Marshall County borders Tennessee and was named for Supreme Court justice John Marshall Adjacent Counties Fayette County, Tennessee Benton County Union County Shelby County, Tennessee DeSoto County Lafayette County Tate County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Harrison County, Mississippi. Official Website The county is named after U.S. President William Henry Harrison and was extensively damaged from both Hurricane Camille in 1969 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Adjacent Counties Hancock County Jackson County Stone County Cities & Communities Biloxi (County Seat) Cue...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Grenada County, Mississippi. The county was named for the province of Granada in southern Spain but spelled inaccurately. Its western half is part of the Mississippi Delta. Cotton cultivation was important to its economy well into the 20th century. Adjacent Counties Calhoun County Webster County Yalobusha County Carroll Cou...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Carroll County, Mississippi. This area was developed by European Americans for cotton plantations near the rivers. These were dependent on the labor of large gangs of slaves. After the American Civil War, many freedmen worked as sharecroppers or tenant farmers on the plantations. Other areas were harvested for timber. The county is ...
Winona Garden of Memory is about 1/2 mile South of the Winona Livestock Barn and the Winona Lumber Company on Highway 51, in Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi. Find a Grave